Patrice Lumumba

by Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja

Book Overview

Patrice Lumumba was a leader of the independence struggle in what is today the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as the country's first democratically elected prime minister. After a meteoric rise in the colonial civil service and the African political elite, he became a major figure in the decolonization movement of the 1950s. Lumumba's short tenure as prime minister (1960-1961) was marked by an uncompromising defense of Congolese national...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821421255
• ISBN13: 9780821421253
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.4" x 7.0"